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TOKYO (ANN/THE JAPAN NEWS) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced his intention to address the lower house Deliberative Council on Political Ethics in his capacity as the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The purpose of this address is to discuss alleged violations of the Political Funds Control Law by LDP factions. This […]
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While the opposition said the willingness of additional LDP figures to answer questions was an improvement, they called for more to step up.
Five Lower House members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party intend to explain to the Diet chamber’s ethics panel about hundreds of millions of yen that went unreported within the party, sources said.
More than 20 percent of ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers have underreported revenues in political funds documents, an internal survey show, amid a slush funds scandal rattling the LDP.